Student-to-teacher bullying occurs in higher education, including community colleges. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to determine whether community college instructors' self-reported experiences of student incivility/bullying, aggression, and unwanted sexual attention varied based on their gender and ethnicity while…

Providing a culturally responsive learning environment that allows students and faculty to feel safe and welcomed is essential. This action research study examined the harmful impact of microaggressions in the school and how providing targeted and comprehensive professional development sessions helped faculty members be able to acknowledge and…

Although Black women are the fastest growing degree-granting recipients of higher education, academia is still a hostile environment for this population (Bell, Berry, Leopold, & Nkomo, 2021). Employing a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design and grounded in a transformative philosophical framework and Black feminist theory, this…

The academic literature suggests that the experiences of women and faculty of color are differentiated and have more complexity than other groups; however, the specific elements of the academic environment that create or perpetuate these experiences with regard to barriers are not widely explored. This study surveyed 60 tenured and tenure-track…

The violence between intimate partners is a critical public health threat and a non-unitary complex phenomenon involving factors like the types of violence, gender, and cultural influences. Traditional feminist theorists proposed the female's risk of becoming a violent victim was higher than the male in the patriarchal context. Though, studies…

Sexual aggression is a major public health issue in higher education settings. The overall objective of this study was to examine whether Greek-affiliated students differ from unaffiliated students in how they view sexual aggression, and in what types of strategies they believe could reduce it. This information can enhance the effectiveness of…

This narrative study explored the experiences of Black college students who participated in a student conduct program at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), a perspective that has been largely ignored in the literature. Specifically, narratives around Black college students' overall experience at PWIs, experience with student conduct…

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between culturally relevant Black American-sounding names and potential racial microaggressions within problem-solving scenarios in mathematics. Often, marginalized groups are unfairly characterized in society, leading to biased perceptions. Initially, I hypothesized that there would be no…

This phenomenological qualitative study used a descriptive questionnaire and interview protocol to explore the perceptions of African American students regarding how bias and microaggressions impact their performance and classroom culture in a high school in an at-risk environment. A qualitative phenomenological approach was chosen because it aids…

Stereotypy or automatically occurring behaviors, as commonly seen in children with autism spectrum disorder, can be divided into three main categories: self-injury, stereotypy, and aggressive behaviors. Researchers have suggested different intervention approaches to treat stereotypy, such as redirecting or replacing undesired action. This Delphi…

Prior to this study, it was not known how American Indian (AI) post-secondary students have understood/responded to racial microaggressions they have experienced that doubted their ability to be academically successful. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how AI post-secondary students have understood and responded to…

Black women have existed on the margins of higher education for many years. Our voices, perspectives, stories, struggles, and even our successes have been largely ignored by the dominant sociocultural group. Additionally, most of the literature on Black women in higher education either lumps us all together regardless of role or focuses on faculty…

Latinos who qualify for Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) and currently attend institutions of higher education are a unique subset of this population in the United States. The current literature focuses on all Latino DACA whether in or out of college, recipients' experiences of discrimination and its impact on their mental health, and…

Purpose: This article explores the expressed thoughts and feelings of 24 research participants who processed and articulated their lived experiences. They each attended the same private, religious, historically, and predominantly White institution and participated in a three-credit course that covered the history of the Civil Rights Movement of…

Many Physician Assistant (PA) students experience mistreatment including public humiliation, preferential grading, discriminatory statements, physical assault, and sexual harassment. Mistreatment is disruptive to learning and has negative professional and personal impact on students. Mistreatment is most common in clinical settings, most often…